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Steven qualified in 1990 and became a partner in 1998. He advises a diverse range of clients on domestic and international corporate transactions, corporate recovery and re-structuring situations and development and investment in real estate assets for a variety of investors.

Recent highlights include advising:

• Oak Hill Capital alongside Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP on the c.US$2bn secondary buyout of Firth Rixson Limited, a manufacturer of specialised metal products for the aerospace industry;
• Alchemy on the disposal of the air compressor manufacturing group, CompAir. The process involved a significant amount of vendor due diligence in relation to the manufacturing portfolio;
• Vision Capital on a sale and leaseback of seven food manufacturing facilities. The transaction involved the preparation of certificates of title and the disposal of offshore unit trusts to facilitate the saving of SDLT; and
• on the real estate aspects of development and investment transactions for clients such as Legal & General Group PLC and Derwent London plc and on matters for corporate clients including Royal Mail Group Limited, AWear and The Marketing Store.